Re: [ovirt-devel] Tools for developing and building oVirt.js project

From: "Vojtech Szocs" <vszocs(a)redhat.com&gt; To: devel(a)ovirt.org Sent: Monday, August 25, 2014 11:13:38 AM Subject: [ovirt-devel] Tools for developing and building oVirt.js project Hi guys, last week, we had "oVirt.js PoC" session and I mentioned the possibility of using Node.js and related tools like npm to develop & build oVirt.js project. I'd like to hear your opinion - what do you think about using Node.js in context of developing & building JavaScript projects? (oVirt.js etc.) Obviously, I'm strongly biased towards Node.js because of its popularity and therefore availability of various tools (npm packages) for JavaScript, for example: grunt (task runner), jslint/hint (code analyzer), uglifyjs (minify/compress), karma (both one-time & continuous test runner), traceur (es6 -> es5 compiler), etc. My understanding is that any special-purpose JavaScript development tool is typically implemented as module for Node.js (due to its popularity), so I think it makes sense to use Node.js as a platform for JavaScript development. There are also Java-based projects for JavaScript (post)processing like wro4j, however these tend to be implemented by invoking JS tools (like uglifyjs) from Java context via Rhino (JS engine for Java), for example: https://code.google.com/p/wro4j/source/browse/wro4j-extensions/src/main/j... (To me, developing JavaScript project with Java-centric tooling sounds quite strange in general.) There's also webjars repository for hosting popular web resources for use in Java applications (i.e. Maven artifact for uglifyjs etc.), but this is just for easier dependency management from Java perspective (JAR file as a distribution format for web resources): http://www.webjars.org/ Overall, I'm in favor of using Node.js to manage all tasks related to JavaScript development and build process. If you have any objections or suggestions, I'd like to hear them! (I understand that Node.js essentially means new dependency with all implications, but in this case, I think it's worth it. But this is just me, so please share your opinions.) Thanks, Vojtech